systemd System and Service Manager
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+ * Support for the cpuset cgroups v2 controller has been added.
+ Processes may be restricted to specific CPUs using the new
+ AllowedCPUs= setting, and to specific memory NUMA nodes using the new
+ AllowedMemoryNodes= setting.
+
+ * The signal used in restart jobs (as opposed to e.g. stop jobs) may
+ now be configured using a new RestartKillSignal= settting. This
+ allows units which signals to request termination to implement
+ different behaviour when stopping in preparation for a restart.
+
+ * "systemctl clean" may now be used also for socket, mount, and swap
+ units.
+
+ * systemd will also read configuration options from the EFI variable
+ SystemdOptions. This may be used to configure systemd behaviour when
+ modifying the kernel command line is inconvenient, but configuration
+ on disk is read too late, for example for the options related to
+ cgroup hierarchy setup. 'bootctl system-options' may be used to
+ set the EFI variable.
+
+ * systemd will now disable printk ratelimits in early boot. This should
+ allow us to capture more logs from the early boot phase where normal
+ storage is not available and the kernel ring buffer is used for
+ logging. Configuration on the kernel command line has higher priority
+ and overrides the systemd setting.
+
+ systemd programs which log to /dev/kmsg directly use internal
+ ratelimits to prevent runaway logging. (Normally this is only used
+ during early boot, so in practice this change has very little
+ effect.)
+
+ * The special -.service.d dropin directory may be used to add
+ configuration that affects all services. The "-.service" service name
+ is now disallowed (though hopefully no one would use such a service
+ name. -.mount gives us enough grief.)
+
+ * The RuntimeMaxSec= setting is now supported by scopes, not just
+ .service units. This is particularly useful for PAM sessions which
+ create a scope unit for the user login. systemd.runtime_max_sec=
+ setting may used with the pam_systemd module to limit the duration
+ of the PAM session, for example for time-limited logins.
+
+ * udev now provides a program (fido_id) that identifies FIDO CTAP1
+ ("U2F")/CTAP2 security tokens based on the usage declared in their
+ report and descriptor and outputs suitable environment variables.
+ This replaces the externally maintained whitelists of all known
+ security tokens that were used previously.
+
+ * Automatically generated autosuspend udev rules for whitelisted
+ devices have been imported from the Chromium OS project. This should
+ improve power saving with of many more devices.
+
+ * udev gained a new "CONST{key}=value" setting that allows matching
+ against system-wide constants without forking a helper binary.
+ Currently "arch" and "virt" keys are supported.
+
+ * udev now opens CDROMs in non-exclusive mode when querying their
+ capabilities. This should fix issues where other programs trying to
+ use the CDROM cannot gain access to it, but carries a risk of
+ interfering with programs writing to the disk, if they did not open
+ the device in exclusive mode as they should.
+
+ * systemd-networkd does not create a default route for IPv4 link local
+ addressing anymore. The creation of the route was unexpected and was
+ breaking routing in various cases, but people who rely on it being
+ created implicitly will need to adjust. Such a route may be requested
+ with DefaultRouteOnDevice=yes.
+
+ Similarly, systemd-networkd will not assign a link-local IPv6 address
+ when IPv6 link-local routing is not enabled.
+
+ * Receive and transmit buffers may now be configured on links with
+ the new RxBufferSize= and TxBufferSize= settings.
+
+ * systemd-networkd may now advertise additional IPv6 routes. A new
+ [IPv6RoutePrefix] section with Route= and LifetimeSec= options is
+ now supported.
+
+ * systemd-networkd may now configure "next hop" routes using the
+ [NextHop] section and Gateway= and Id= settings.
+
+ * systemd-networkd will now retain DHCP config on restarts by default
+ (but this may be overridden using the KeepConfiguration= setting).
+ The default for SendRelease= has been changed to true.
+
+ * The DHCPv4 client now uses the OPTION_INFORMATION_REFRESH_TIME option
+ received from the server.
+
+ The client will use the received SIP server list if UseSIP=yes is
+ set.
+
+ The client may be configured to request specific options from the
+ server using a new RequestOptions= setting.
+
+ A new IPServiceType= setting has been added to configure the "IP
+ service type" value used by the client.
+
+ * The DHCPv6 client learnt a new PrefixDelegationHint= option to
+ request prefix hints in the DHCPv6 solicitation.
+
+ * systemd-networkd and networkctl may now renew DHCP leases on demand.
+ networkctl has a new 'networkctl renew' verb.
+
+ * systemd-networkd may now reconfigure links on demand. networkctl
+ gained two new verbs: "reload" will reload the configuration, and
+ "reconfigure DEVICE…" will reconfigure one or more devices.
+
+ * .network files may now match on SSID and BSSID of a wireless network,
+ i.e. the access point name and hardware address using the new SSID=
+ and BSSID= options. networkctl will display the current SSID and
+ BSSID for wireless links.
+
+ .network files may also match on the wireless network type using the
+ new WirelessType= option.
+
+ * systemd-networkd now includes default configuration that enables
+ link-local addressing when connected to an ad-hoc wireless network.
+
+ * The DHCPv4 server may now be configured to emit SIP server list using
+ the new EmitSIP= and SIP= settings.
+
+ * systemd-networkd may configure the Traffic Control queueing
+ disciplines in the kernel using the new
+ [TrafficControlQueueingDiscipline] section and Parent=,
+ NetworkEmulatorDelaySec=, NetworkEmulatorDelayJitterSec=,
+ NetworkEmulatorPacketLimit=, NetworkEmulatorLossRate= settings.
+
+ * systemd-tmpfiles gained a new w+ setting to append to files.
+
+ * systemd-analyze dump will now report when the memory configuration in
+ the kernel does not match what systemd has configured (usually,
+ because some external program has modified the kernel configuration
+ on its own).
+
+ * journalctl --update-catalog now produces deterministic output (making
+ reproducible image builds easier).
+
+ * A new devicetree-overlay setting is now documented in the Boot Loader
+ Specification.
+
+ * The default value of the WatchdogSec= setting used in systemd
+ services (the ones bundled with the project itself) may be set at
+ configuration time using the -Dservice-watchdog= setting. If set to
+ empty, the watchdogs will be disabled.
+
+ * libcryptsetup >= 2.0.1 is now required.
+
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